Hearing Shang Jianyao's reply, Jiang Baimian felt rather complicated, unable to express it in words, and even had the urge to raise her hands and applaud.
Fortunately, she controlled herself in time and didn't do something so typical of Shang Jianyao.
Long Yuehong, who was beside her, said weakly:
"An Awakened in the 'Zhuang Sheng' field is not the same as a follower of 'Zhuang Sheng'."
Shang Jianyao looked at him and clasped his left palm with his right fist:
"The perfect man has no self; the New World is before us."
This time, not only Jiang Baimian laughed, but also Bai Chen.
I'm really stupid; why do I always have to argue with this guy… Long Yuehong felt a wave of annoyance and began a deep self-examination.
After discussing the matter of the yellowish-green mist, Bai Chen moved her lips a few times and said:
"After the bio-prosthetic limb is transplanted, can it be replaced with another type in the future?"
Jiang Baimian was considered a half-expert in this area, and she organized her words:
"Theoretically, it's possible, but in practice, because different types of bio-implants involve different nerve modifications and rejection treatments, forcibly replacing them with other types will cause greater damage to the body. It's not that there's no other way, but it's not recommended.
"Well, if your bio-prosthetic limb is broken, replacing it with the same type will be simpler and safer."
Bai Chen was silent for a moment and said:
"Then I'll wait a little longer until I can replace it with a better bio-prosthetic limb before applying."
"Smart!" Jiang Baimian expressed her approval. "Those deformed and cracked things are not worth exchanging for unless you've already lost an arm. Anyway, you still have the military exoskeleton device, so there's no need to rush in this regard."
Speaking of this, she looked at Long Yuehong and took the opportunity to tell him about the two-year waiting period before he could transfer.
Long Yuehong wasn't too disappointed, and even felt a vague sense of relief.
He smiled and said:
"I can only hope that there won't be too many field missions in the next year."
As he spoke, he subconsciously looked out the window, wanting to soothe his emotions with the clear sky.
However, inside the "Pangu Biology" underground building, outside the window were only corridors serving as streets and soft fluorescent lights.
The other side of the corridor was also walls, windows, and wooden doors, with pieces of ceiling pieced together above.
Long Yuehong paused for a moment and withdrew his gaze.
Jiang Baimian then looked around:
"My initial idea is that, after Little White's bones have completely healed in April or May, and Genaver has stabilized the 'Underground Ark,' we'll set off after going to Wildgrass City.
"We can't be completely idle during this time either. We should go to the surface for a short training exercise every two to three weeks to avoid becoming unfamiliar with wilderness survival skills."
"Yes, team leader!" Shang Jianyao answered very loudly.
"Stop, stop, stop, I just have bad ears, not deaf!" Jiang Baimian said grumpily.
After Bai Chen and Long Yuehong also expressed their attitudes, she looked at the latter with a smile:
"Now that we have more time, you can let your mom continue to introduce you to potential partners, hehe, maybe we can even attend your wedding before we set off."
"Team Leader, we at 'Pangu Biology' don't have wedding celebrations…" Long Yuehong retorted in a low voice.
Most people are assigned partners and get married collectively, keeping everything simple. At most, they have a good meal at home.
Not wasting food is a habit that every employee of "Pangu Biology" internalizes.
As for whether the management level is like this, Long Yuehong didn't know.
"Ah, what did you say?" This time, Jiang Baimian really didn't hear clearly.
Long Yuehong skipped the previous sentence and said with a sigh:
"My mom said that many girls have that kind of idea, but this time their families don't support it and want to wait and see."
Jiang Baimian understood why they wanted to wait and see:
An ordinary employee who has been working for less than a year has been promoted to D5 like a rocket, and has also exchanged a large room for his family and taken back a lot of contribution points and portable computers. Anyone would suspect that there is a problem behind this.
In addition, Long Yuehong's work unit is the "Security Department," which is known for being dangerous. Those parents who don't want their daughters to suffer the pain of losing their husbands shortly after marrying, of course, don't support blind dates right now.
"Yeah." Jiang Baimian nodded. "In another half a year, there will be another unified assignment. You might have a wife."
That belongs to semi-mandatory marriages, and few people resist the results.
Just as Shang Jianyao wanted to say something, Jiang Baimian suddenly chuckled:
"At that time, Little White, as a formal employee, will also be added to the unified marriage list. If you guys are matched up, that would be fun."
Long Yuehong was stunned for a second. After imagining the result, he suddenly felt a little shy and awkward.
"It shouldn't be that coincidental, right…" he said in a low voice.
Bai Chen didn't have any particular reaction to this, but just reminded Jiang Baimian:
"You and Shang Jianyao should also be added to the list."
Jiang Baimian hummed:
"Whether my genetic modification is stable or not has not yet been finalized."
She then clapped her hands:
"Okay, let's go to the training room to prepare for the Initial City trip in April or May!"
…………
After the hourly news, No. 196, Block B, 495th floor.
Shang Jianyao leaned against a pillow filled with grain husks and raised his hand to pinch the temples on both sides of his head.
After entering the "Sea of Origins," he waited patiently for a while, just like last time, until the faint yellowish-green mist appeared on the "sea" horizon.
He then covered his eyes, plugged his ears, and swam forward in a carefree manner.
When fatigue struck, he took out the cotton, removed the eye mask, and saw that the faint yellowish-green mist was floating within reach, and the mirage-like city was also close at hand.
Shang Jianyao quickly penetrated the mist and entered it, discovering that the bicycle he had ridden before had returned to its original position, not where he had deliberately parked it.
He rode it again and headed towards the street where the mysterious laboratory might be located.
Along the way, Shang Jianyao was unhurried, observing his surroundings:
Cars were parked haphazardly on the street. In many places, only simple transportation tools such as bicycles could pass through. It seemed that the "mindless ones" hadn't cleaned up after the lights came on;
Fallen leaves were piled up on the side of the road, showing signs of decay. Large areas of blood stains remained in some areas, but there were no humans or "mindless ones" showing up;
Time seemed to have frozen at dusk. The afterglow of the setting sun made the glass curtain walls of the buildings look like they were on fire…
While Shang Jianyao was searching, a desolate and hoarse roar suddenly resounded in a certain part of the city:
"Awoo!"
An intense fear gripped Shang Jianyao's mind, making his brain go blank.
Because there was no one to "echo," the roar quickly subsided, leaving only layers of aftersound continuing to reverberate for two seconds.
Shang Jianyao sat on his bicycle, supporting himself on the ground with one foot, and muttered to himself with a hint of regret:
"Much weaker than normal."
He lowered his back and quickly pedaled, speeding towards the place where the roar came from.
Before long, Shang Jianyao stopped in front of a building.
Compared to the surroundings, it was very short, only three stories high. In front of it was a courtyard that doubled as a parking lot. The whole thing was silver-gray, with smooth lines, reflecting the glow of the setting sun.
This building looked very solid, as if it were purely cast from alloy. Unlike other places, it didn't identify itself with signs or plaques.
Its double doors were quite heavy, and next to it was a keypad area where you could enter a password.
Another roar sounded, coming from the depths of this building.
Shang Jianyao rode his bicycle to the front of the gate, fiddled with it for a while, and found that it couldn't be opened.
He took a few steps back, raised his right hand, and waved it gently.
Nothing happened.
No disappointed expression appeared on Shang Jianyao's face. He split off another self, let him ride his bicycle all the way to the edge of the city, passed through the faint yellowish-green mist, and returned to the "Sea of Origins."
The next second, this Shang Jianyao, with the help of the special nature of the mental world, transformed into a vehicle towing a series of cannons.
This vehicle entered the yellowish-green mist with a great sense of oppression and drove into that "dream" city.
It arrived at the front of the nameless building and, under the "command" of the previous Shang Jianyao, lined up the cannons and aimed them at the heavy gate.
"Ready, fire!" Shang Jianyao retreated to the side and waved his right hand down.
Boom! Boom!
The cannon fire almost merged into one, and the flames engulfed the double doors of the building.
After a round of bombardment, cracks appeared in the gate, and the surrounding walls had already collapsed.
Shang Jianyao was about to do another round when he suddenly felt the earth shaking violently.
The ground quickly cracked, the building collapsed with a bang, and this dream city instantly fell apart, becoming illusory.
The yellowish-green mist that enveloped it also rapidly dissipated.
Shang Jianyao reached out his hand, but only grabbed air.
His surroundings had returned to the shimmering "Sea of Origins."
"Too flimsy…" Shang Jianyao looked ahead and criticized.
After that, the yellowish-green mist never reappeared.
…………
When it was time to go to work again, Shang Jianyao recounted last night's encounter in detail.
"Could it be that the mysterious laboratory isn't the core of the dream city?" Long Yuehong speculated.
Jiang Baimian shook her head and denied it:
"Perhaps it's precisely because it is that Shang Jianyao's bombardment brought about such a big change.
"I even suspect that the remaining influence of 'Coward' has been eliminated as a result, and the yellowish-green mist will not reappear."
Bai Chen also expressed her opinion:
"This is just a remnant of the dream itself. After experiencing a full-force outburst against Di Marco, it won't be too stable."
"What a pity." Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and struck his left palm. "I still wanted to see what was inside the laboratory."
He seemed to feel that he should change his approach.
"Maybe there's still a little bit left? And there will be opportunities in the future." Jiang Baimian smiled. "As long as we can find the 'Mind Corridor' room corresponding to the original owner and enter his dream or memory world, we can uncover the veil of that mysterious laboratory. Well, I also plan to apply to the higher-ups to see if we can get the company's recent harvest from excavating Swamp No. 1 Ruins in the past few months."
Long Yuehong subconsciously asked:
"But how do we find the correct 'Mind Corridor' room?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen all looking at him.
The next second, he woke up:
The correct room is most likely in the pile of numbers left by Yan Hu!
Those were the rooms that Yan Hu had explored and returned from successfully, and the gains often came from this kind of place.
Those rooms are:
"1210, 757, 935, 314, 329."
ps: Last day of double monthly ticket, asking for monthly tickets~